Category Archives: stations
A day in the Grand Duchy
When I set myself the target to visit every EU country while my British citizenship allows me to be an EU citizen as well, I didn’t specify how long I should visit each country for. I always felt that just
A day in the Grand Duchy
When I set myself the target to visit every EU country while my British citizenship allows me to be an EU citizen as well, I didn’t specify how long I should visit each country for. I always felt that just
Amsterdam Centraal
And at the end of my day admiring the heritage and architecture of Amsterdam, I was welcomed back onto the trains by this amazing station building. The building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1889. It may look
Amsterdam Centraal
And at the end of my day admiring the heritage and architecture of Amsterdam, I was welcomed back onto the trains by this amazing station building. The building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1889. It may look
The station next door
Travellers on the London Underground will have encountered the tube station ‘KingsCrossStPancras’. Above ground, there are two stations directly next to each other. St Pancras, now serving Lille, Brussels and Paris and Kings Cross from which trains go to domestic
The station next door
Travellers on the London Underground will have encountered the tube station ‘KingsCrossStPancras’. Above ground, there are two stations directly next to each other. St Pancras, now serving Lille, Brussels and Paris and Kings Cross from which trains go to domestic
Permanent St Pancras Art
St Pancras tweeted this link to me about last week’s post, a YouTube video about One More Time. You can watch it here. The two permanent works of art are both bronzes. To one side, by the Booking Office Bar is
Permanent St Pancras Art
St Pancras tweeted this link to me about last week’s post, a YouTube video about One More Time. You can watch it here. The two permanent works of art are both bronzes. To one side, by the Booking Office Bar is
Temporary Station Art
On the upper level of the station there are two permanent works of public art as well as one site for temporary exhibition of different works of art. London has two other such locations, the fourth plinth on Trafalgar Square
Temporary Station Art
On the upper level of the station there are two permanent works of public art as well as one site for temporary exhibition of different works of art. London has two other such locations, the fourth plinth on Trafalgar Square
St Pancras
I feel like I’m back in my ‘elephant’ as one of my friends always says. I’m sitting on a long distance train with no internet connection drafting blog posts about stations, journeys and destinations. This time I am not on
St Pancras
I feel like I’m back in my ‘elephant’ as one of my friends always says. I’m sitting on a long distance train with no internet connection drafting blog posts about stations, journeys and destinations. This time I am not on
Lancaster Gate
The tube station is named after the closest gate into Kensington Gardens which itself was named to honour Queen Victoria, Duke of Lancaster. It is one of the ‘narrow’ tube stations, without the horizontal space for escalators. Instead, it has
Lancaster Gate
The tube station is named after the closest gate into Kensington Gardens which itself was named to honour Queen Victoria, Duke of Lancaster. It is one of the ‘narrow’ tube stations, without the horizontal space for escalators. Instead, it has
